Date03-Dec-1952
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationMaile Beach, O'ahu
ActivitySwimming from fishing boat setting nets
Species>6.7 m [22'] shark
InjuryFATAL, left arm severed below the elbow
VictimGerbacio Solano (or Salamo), Male, 40 years old
SourceHonolulu Advertiser, 12/4/1952; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.260; J. Borg, p.74; Webster, p.31; L. Taylor (1993), pp.100-101
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